One of my favorite purchases in 2019 is the Alexa/Echo smart speaker and I also purchased an Echo Dot so that I could have one speaker in the kitchen and another in my bathroom. Yes, I listen to podcasts while I get myself together in the morning.

I have my Alexa News Flash set up with the news I want to hear (NPR), a weather report, a Word of the Day, and I can even play a round of Jeopardy with Alex Trebeck if I have time.

I also subscribe to Amazon Music Unlimited. If you are a Spotify or Pandora subscriber, that’s cool because Alexa can stream those as well.